LOCAL : Killer of 4 Women Sentenced to Die
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An unemployed construction worker was sentenced to death today for strangling four women, including two of the 18 Southside Slayer victims.
Superior Court Judge Janice Claire Croft imposed the sentence in Compton on Louis Craine, 32, who attorneys portrayed as an illiterate man with a fourth-grade education and an IQ of 69. He was convicted April 26 and jurors at the penalty phase of his trial recommended the death sentence.
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